Integrated assessment
It is important to note that AFDA`s final exit evaluations take cogniscance of the important fact that graduates of this program have the final outcome objective of originating entertainment products that will engage the public, thus fulfilling AFDA`s ultimate objective which is to produce graduates capable of sustained and profitable careers in a discipline and medium of their choice in the entertainment industry. The composition of final assessment systems reflects this fact.
Final evaluation requires successful completion of two evaluation phases:
1. Submission of major discipline thesis research treatments pertaining to proposed project outcomes (minimum 10 000 words);
2. Generation of the project outcome as researched and proposed in the discipline thesis, and presentation of the project outcome to the internal and external panels, described hereafter.
Final evaluation for exit from this program after three years is effected through a final Value Added Learning Audit (VALA), executed by two formal panels – The Internal Quality Assurance Panel and the Public Panel – and one informal panel – the Professional Panel. The two formal panels have direct input on the final grade awarded to the learner, while the Professional Panel offer moderating input to the Internal Quality Assurance Panel.
The Internal Quality Assurance Panel – referred to at AFDA as the Value Added Learning Audit Panel. Criteria for appointment to the VALA Panel are:
A Master of Arts Degree or higher;
Permanent retention or appointment by AFDA;
In-depth understanding of the AFDA curriculum and pedagogic strategies.
The Public Panel – is constituted from a broad random sample drawn from the audience who attend the final evaluation presentations. After viewing the product offered for evaluation, members of the public panel complete an evaluation questionaire, evaluation criteria of which have a direct correlation with Core Course skills blocks inputted over the three years duration of the program, thus insuring that not only the student, but the program itself, answers to the public, the engagement of whom is by logical extension the ultimate focus of the student outcomes.
Graduates are evaluated in terms of their individual discipline contribution to a project outcome, as well as the overall production quality of the project, which grades are blended according to a sliding weighted average.
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